I fear you are wrong, and I must be honest about this. Even if it is unpopular. The election was the President's to win or lose; the Democrat Party was in tatters, running eight candidates shredding each other, and giving them this issue was a grievous error.
Give eight million people a 'temporary' stay.......it won't be a temporary stay. They won't leave. They will not voluntarily 'repatriate' themselves when the time comes. The Democrats will spend the next four years getting them citizenship, programs, you name it, and the Republicans will be powerless to cap this Pandora's Box.
It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that I offer my prediction. President Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2008. Elected by legions of new loyal subjects, bought and paid for by you and I